Heel



March 1o. 1925. 1,529,526

G. J. WINTER HEEL Filed March 5, 1923 'f l ATTORNEY;-

Patented Mar. 10, 1925.

y GEORGE J. WINTER, orl Burraro, NEW'IroRK.

HEEL.

Application medinmn 5,. 1923.= serial No. 623,014.

To all whom #may concern:

Be it known that I, 'GEORGE J. VINTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented newjand useful Improvements in Heels, of which the fol-` lowingis a specification.

My present invention pertains to .heels of the cushion or resilient typeand it` contemplates the provisionlof a heel vthat isineXpensive toproduce, durable in construction and one that eliminates the expensivewashers at present employedy in heels now on the market.

The invention further contemplates,l the provision of a lower or outerlift for the heel that may be easily attached and as readily removedfrom old as well `as new heels. v Y .1

The invention further contemplates the provision in a resilient heel ofa construction so arranged thatthe cushion or rubber tread portion-ofthe heel will-not shift at any time and notwithstanding thegfact thatsaid tread portion when worn at a certain point may be removed andreplaced on the opposite shoe heel it is so att-ached to f the lowerlift that casual displacement of the tread portion is precluded.

The invention-*further contemplates the provision of a cushion heel soconstructed and arranged that but a slight amount of rubber or analogousmaterial is employed but notwithstanding this fact the tread is notrobbed of its resiliency.

Other objects and advantageous characterist-ics of the invention will befully understood from the following description and claim when the sameare read in connection with the drawings accompanying and forming partof this specification, in which--V` Figure l is a perspective view ofthe body portion of my novel heel.

Figure 2 is a similar view of the lower Figure 8 is a perspective viewof the cushion tread portion of the heel.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken longitudinally through the heel asassembled.

Figure 5 is a transverse section taken in the plane indicated by theline 5 5 in Figure 4 and looking in the direction of the arrow.

Similar numerals of reference designate f drawings. Thebodygportion.lr-of. my .novel heel is constructed of .leather or 'other similar ma-`terial and is provided-with the chamber 2,

. :corresponding parts in alltheviews ofthe wiwhich provision is madeinthe interest.. of

w cheapness and lightness.

' Thelower leather lifty 3 of the heel is preferably formed as aseparateunit for a the said heel lift 8 is provided withthe cut outportion 4 and surrounding thel cut out Iportion 14 are-nailvholes5,.thr`ough the mef 1 diumof which the lift orheelportion 3 may `besecuredvto the body portion l by means' of nails 8 that pass through theholes 5 land nenter-atfthe markings'on the body portion I. 'f' It willbe manifest that the markings on .the body portion l are madefor 'thepurposeof guiding the'repair man in order that lla-smooth fit may bemade when'the'lower `lift '3 is placed face to face with the lowerportion of the body incident to driving the nails Shome. This lift Visalso, if' desired, .r cemented to thea bottom of. the portion l prior todriving thev nails. p

.The .tread 6,4-isl provided 'with Y .portion 7 .thatentersthe opening4'of`t-he .,rlift Band it 'will benoted that the lo-wer or treadyportion of vtheimember 6 istapered from theV center toward the edges inorder to increase the durability of said tread and cause same to wearevenly throughout and it will further be noted that the raised portion 7is slightly decreased in depth so as to produce a slight interveningspace between the lower end of the body portion l and the inner surfaceof the raised portion whereby resiliency of the heel at the bearingpoint is assured.

`When it is desired to equip a heel having the hollow chamber 2 with mynovel improvements, the lower surface of the body portion l is markedwith the nail guides and the lower leather lift having the nail holes 5is placed on the body portion and the nails 8 driven through the liftinto the body portion. The tread of resilient material is then cementedto the removable lower lift where it is prevented from shifting as wellas being lost, not only by the cement but also by the raised projection7 entering the cut out portion 4 of said lift. The lift being slightlyincreased in thickness in comparison with the projection 7 purposehereinafter set forth in detail, and

increases to an appreciable extent the resiliency of the tread vas Wellas the heel as a Whole.

Manifestly the tread portion 6 as Well as the lower lift 3 may bemanufactured as separate and distinct elements and because of thisprovision the said elements maybe sold to a Shoemaker and attached toany form of heels at present inthe market. Moreover, they may be changedfrom one heel to. another in veW of Ythe Yfact `that `many persons runtheir heels down at certain points and therefore the life of the heel ismaterially lprolonged.

The heel and especially the removable lift and treadI arevinexpen'siveto produce for the reason that they consist of but .very

' thin elements and when necessary to' discard old lifts and treads itVisnot incumbent* to purchase the expensive and com-V initially Vstrikethe ground andbecause ofl this fact and the further fact thatV noWashers are employed the Vlife of the heel is prolonged and thelightness as Well" as cheapness thereof will be readily apparent,

and the cost of productionby the elimination of approximately vsixteenWashers 'fromf thel heel is material. l

vMy novel improvements are adapted for use in connection moreparticularly with heels at present on the market and the idea of myinvention is to place on sale a heel 6' of rubber or other resilientmaterial having the raised portion 7 andthe lift 3 having the opening 4.Regardless of the con.

difficult to produce in the base of a heel a i chamber to receive theprojection "7.

Having described 'my' inventlon, 4what l claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1s i A resilient heel comprising a main bodypo1tion,"fo1'1ned of VWood or other similar material and tapered towardits lower end, a lift nailed on the lower surface of the body portionvand formed of leather'or other similar material andzzhaving an aperturein the direct center thereof; said aperture being cut so as tol producea Wall that vrests parallel With respect tothe straight Wall of the liftand further being' cut to follow ,the contour ofthe remaining' outeredge ofthe lift, a tread of resilient material cemented or otherwisesecurely retained on the lift anda resilient projection formed in theupper surface of the lift and of a shape to snugly rest in theaperture'of the lift vbut slightly less thick than the lift;

saidvtread surface 'being convex. f

In testimony WhereofI have hereunto set my hand in presence of 'twosubscribing` Witnesses. Y ff GEORGE` J. WINTER.

lVitnesses l i FLORENCE M. SoUT'r, AALICE E. ALDRICH.

